The project, located in a tract of land known as E1 just east of Jerusalem, has been under discussion for more than two ...

The Palestinian Authority says the decision is illegal and will "destroy" the prospects for a two-state solution.

Eleni Giokos speaks to Michael Sfard, an Israeli human rights lawyer who is involved in challenging the Israeli government’s ...

Settlement development in E1, an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, has been under consideration for more than two decades ...

Settlement development in E1, an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, has been under consideration for more than two decades ...

Israel demolishes a number of homes in the West Bank’s northern Jordan Valley, despite an order postponing the demolitions until September 3 amid a legal battle by local residents against the ...

Construction in E1 is expected to begin immediately, while Ashahel’s plan reaches the deposit stage, a key step toward final ...

Location of E1 is significant because it is one of the last geographical links between Bethlehem and Ramallah.

Israel approved a major settlement project on Wednesday in an area of the occupied West Bank that the international community ...

At the heart of the controversy is the viability of a Palestinian state. Israeli construction in E1 would cut the West Bank into two separate parts, rendering it impossible to establish a contiguous ...

But a crucial roadblock — discouragement from the United States — was lifted last week when Ambassador Mike Huckabee said the United States would not oppose E1. Huckabee is a longtime support of ...